Bits, Bytes and Business

This week we're talking to Danny Williams, the founder and Managing Director of Next Level Consultancy about how businesses can boost sales, align their branding, sales and marketing and also how the world of networking will change now that we are moving more online

From the Next Level Consultancy website:

"We specialise in Sales, Marketing and Corporate Events Consultancy and we uniquely integrate these strategies across your business by creating, developing and delivering a clear and effective Sales and or Marketing Strategy.

Our team has a broad range of experience with clients of different sizes, at different stages and in different sectors so we can hit the ground running and implement changes with effective results."

https://www.nextlevelconsultancy.co.uk/about-us/

In this podcast Alan and Bhairav give advice to budding entrepreneurs about what they think they should know before the embark on the journey to start their own business

The key points to take away are:

1) Know that it is not all about you - it is about your customers

2) Choose the right business for you, choose the right problem to solve

3) Make sure you understand yourself and your motivations for starting a business. What do you bring to the table?

4) You don't know everything so recognise the gaps in your knowledge and find the people that can bridge those gaps. Don't be afraid to delegate

5) Have a plan! Think of it as a routemap rather than a detailed plan

6) Know your numbers inside out!

7) Understand what you want to get out of the business from a personal perspective

8) There is no entitlement, you will get what you deserve

9) Things can be lonely, work can be all-consuming. Find networks and mentors

10) It can be fun but scary but be prepared to take risks!

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In this week's podccast we talk with Anthony Vaughan serial entrepreneur and founder of the E1B2 collective

Anthony created a multi-million pound business when he was just 19, lost it all but used the experience to grow and learn about himself and how to better manage and inspire his employees.

With the E1B2 collective he aims to teach businesses and business leaders to put employees first. Find out more about them here: https://www.e1b2collective.com/

In this week's podcast we are talking with Minter Dial, former CEO of Redken and top executive at L’Oréal, where he was a member of the worldwide Executive Committee for the Professional Products Division.

We talk on a range of topics including branding for modern businesses as well as the traits needed for leadership and future proofing your business

Minter Dial is an international professional and energetic speaker and a multiple award-winning author, specialized in leadership, branding and

transformation.

An agent of change, he's a threetime entrepreneur who has exercised twelve

different métiers and changed country fifteen times.

He’s author of the award-winning WWII story, The Last Ring Home documentary film and biographical book, 2016) as well as two prizewinning business books, Futureproof (2017) and Heartificial Empathy (2019).

His next book on leadership, You Lead, How being yourself makes you a better leader (Kogan Page) comes out in January 2021.

He’s been host of the Minter Dialogue weekly podcast since 2010. @mdial / minterdial.com

For the regular listeners you will know that the last question we ask all our guests is: "If you could go back in time 20 years and give advice to your younger self, what would that advice be"

In this podcast you can listen to 32 entrepreneurs giving advice to themselves - where else can you get 32 life experiences in one podcast?

In this week's episode we talk to a coach to the coaches, Maxwell Nee about the coaching industry, what drove him to leave his corporate job to become a coach and what you need to think about, if you are wanting to get into the coaching profession

As a Co-Founder of High-Performing Coach, Maxwell and his team have built a $1M+ online coaching business where we grew 300% during the COVID-19 Lockdown

In this podcast we talk with John Wallace from TS3 about how to improve the sales within your organisation. We touch on a range of topics including TS3s sales methodology, why people fear sales and how to build an effective sales organisation within your business

About TS3:

Strong sales and business growth, deeper customer relationships, robust revenue forecasting and pipeline development, and sustained profitable revenues.

The core to your success!

We bring skills, experience and energy to help you prosper and grow, and develop deeper client relationships for a truly sustainable business.

Through collaboration, we blend our resources and knowledge with yours, and take an active role in developing your people so that they use enhanced process with your natural voice.

We help you use best practice in client engagement, sales and business development at the heart of your business.

Our engagements are bespoke and are adapted to match to your profile.

www.ts3.uk.com

In this episode we talk with Alan Clarke from the Real World Entrepreneurship podcast about what people should know when they are thinking of starting a business

Too often advice given to people thinking of starting a business is full of platitudes, in this podcast we seek to give practical advice based on real life experiences

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In this collaboration with the Real World Entrepreneurship Podcast Alan Clarke and Bhairav Patel talk to Hugh "Moose" Evans, one of the founders of Primordial Radio station, a station built for the Rock and Metal community. As they say on their website (https://primordialradio.com/recipe/):

We chose to control our destiny and turn the existing model on its head and create a rock and metal service owned, operated, and shaped by the community it serves. We crowdfunded and 873 members of the rock and metal community invested in the idea. An idea to respect one another and put people’s needs in the forefront. An idea where we’re fiercely independent yet not alone. An idea where every decision taken is in the best interest of our community

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In this edition of the Real World Entrepreneurship Podcast we talk to Sanjay Rakshit. We talk to Sanjay about his journey from startup to academia to corporate life and then back to academia. We also talk about the challenges he's faced when co-founding a startup and whether starting an AI based business is different from starting any other type of business

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